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Abodunrin Gabriel Olaseni (born 29 December 1991) is a British professional basketball player for Mersin MSK of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He also plays for the Great Britain men's national basketball team.
Professional career
Olaseni went undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft. In July 2015, he joined the Miami Heat for the 2015 NBA Summer League. On 23 July 2015 he signed with German club Brose Baskets. On 22 November 2015 he was loaned to Gießen 46ers for the rest of the 2015–16 season.
On 13 July 2016 Olaseni signed with Italian club Dinamo Sassari. On 3 March 2017 he parted ways with Sassari. The next day he signed with French club Orléans Loiret Basket for the rest of the 2017–18 Pro A season.
On 23 August 2017 Olaseni signed with Fuenlabrada for the 2017–18 season.
For the 2018–19 season, he signed with s.Oliver Würzburg of the German Bundesliga. He played in the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals with s.Oliver, where he lost to his former team Dinamo Sassari.
On 13 August 2019 he signed with Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketball Super League.
On 10 August 2020 he signed with Büyükçekmece Basketbol of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Olaseni averaged 15.6 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.
On 3 July 2021 he signed with Darüşşafaka.
On 28 June 2023 he signed with London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL).
On 6 July 2024 he signed with Mersin MSK of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
National team career
Olaseni has established himself as a key member of the Great Britain men's national team. He is the most efficient scorer in GB national team history with a career field goal percentage of .647 (165/255) as of 25 February 2020.
Olaseni had a breakout performance at FIBA EuroBasket 2017 with averages of 16.8 points (11th) and 11.2 rebounds (2nd). He led all players in defensive rebounding per game (8.8) and earned the highest efficiency rating per game (26.8). Matched up against NBA star Kristaps Porziņģis, Olaseni scored a career high 23 points on 10 for 11 shooting in their game against Latvia.
Personal life
Born in England, Olaseni is of Nigerian descent.
Career statistics
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External links
Gabriel Olaseni at acb.com (in Spanish)
Gabriel Olaseni – profile and statistics at Basketball Bundesliga (archived) (in German)
Gabriel Olaseni at FIBA (archive)
Gabriel Olaseni at legabasket.it (in Italian)
Gabriel Olaseni at lnb.fr (in French)
Gabriel Olaseni at tblstat.net
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- Gabriel Olaseni
- Gabriel (given name)
- Great Britain men's national basketball team
- 2023–24 British Basketball League season
- 2024–25 Basketbol Süper Ligi
- 2023–24 EuroCup Basketball
- EuroBasket 2022
- EuroBasket 2017
- 2023–24 London Lions season
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